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Floresco Productions/Connect Images/Getty Images As the Trump Administration makes deep cuts into the Education Department (ED), with the stated goal of eliminating the agency all together, House Republicans have proposed establishing a $5 billion voucher program for families to send their children to private schools. While the move props up Trump’s goal of “universal school...
FG Trade Latin/E+/Getty Images A Michigan county has a plan to prevent violence among teens. By implementing government employees to monitor teens’ online activity, Wayne County law enforcement hopes to predict conflicts — and stop them before they turn deadly. And, good news if you’re on the lookout for a job — they’re hiring. The...
IndiaPix/IndiaPicture/IndiaPicture/Getty Images Getting a period is a social and developmental milestone that many American girls are reaching earlier than their mothers and grandmothers. About six months earlier on average, according to one 2024 study. Researchers, parents, and doctors, reasonably, want to understand why this is happening, and one commonly reached conclusion is higher obesity levels...